Level 3 History of Wine 1: 8000BC to 1500AD

History of Wine 1: 8000BC to 1500AD

This course covers both the ancient world and medieval world of wine. Which is broadly recognized as a major “civilizing” influence all over the world

You will receive more than 500 pages of material, specifically designed for this course and taste about 20 older vintage wines, including our best estimate of what wines were like in the Ancient World.

You will also receive the International Wine & Spirits Guild History of the Ancient World and History of the Medieval World timeline charts.

Wine was considered one of the critical economic and cultural influences during the Medieval Period and Early Renaissance – roughly, from 500 AD to 1500. It was a major influence on the development of European culture, which influenced culture in the New World.

This course covers the following cultures in the Ancient World (8000 BC to 100 AD):

Early Central Asia

Mesopotamia, Canaan, Egypt to 1500 BC

Antanolia and Central Asia, Phoenicia and Egypt - New Kingdom

Crete and Greece

Eurasia and Asia

Rome and the Roman Empire

This course covers the following cultures in the Medieval Period (1 AD to 1500 AD):

The Byzantine Empire – The Eastern Roman Empire

Medieval France – To 1200 AD

Holy Roman Empire and the Duchy of Alsace

England and the English Intervention In France

The Iberian Peninsula – Spain and Portugal

Medieval France – 1200 to 1500 AD

Italy and the Early Renaissance

Medieval Central Europe and Eurasia

The Collapse of the Byzantine Empire – The Ottoman Empire

You will also learn about:

What else people drank in the ancient and medieval world – the beverage eras to 1500 AD